Friday, June 5, 2015

Creatura Blog Tour

Title: Creatura

Series: The Creatura Series #1

Author: Nely Cab

Published: May 12th, 2015

Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing

Genre: YAm Paranormal Romance

Recommended Age: 13+

Synopsis:

Isis can control her dreams. Or she could—until recently. The creature in her nightmares has been haunting her for months. As if being dumped wasn’t bad enough, now she dreads going to sleep. She decides to confront the creature and win back some of her peace; only, she finds that he’s not a monster and he’s not a dream. A sacrifice for love, a shocking discovery and a jealous ex-boyfriend blur the lines between reality and dreams, making it hard to tell who the real monsters are. Who would’ve known…that sometimes love is lethal?

“You
don’t have much time. If the corrosion reaches her chest, she’s going to die,”
Nyx said.

“I’m
going to die?” I mumbled.

I
always thought I would be afraid of dying. I carried that fear with me since I
was twelve, after looking inside that coffin at my dad’s stiff, breathless
body. But now that it was my turn, I was ready. This was the destiny that was
written for me.

“I
can’t do it, Mother. I have nothing to forgive her for,” David said.

If
I was going to die, I needed to tell David something I hadn’t had the courage
to tell him before.

I
glanced at my arm. The decomposition was at my elbow and the tingling had crept
up near my shoulder. I didn’t have time to waste.

“David,”
I said, and he looked at me. “I’m sorry I hurt you. I needed you to know...to
hear it.”

I
could feel the tingling a few inches past my shoulder. Nyx pulled my shirt at
the neckline exposing my collarbone and part of my shoulder.

“I
love you,” I said. “I always have.”

“I’m
so sorry I did this to you,” David whispered stroking my forehead.

I
could no longer feel my arm, my shoulder and part of my chest. And then I felt
it—a searing pain in the middle of my chest. I writhed in anguish, screaming at
the top of my lungs. My whole body jerked, and then there was darkness.
Everything was silent, including my heart.

A
soft light surrounded me, cradling me in a tranquility I had never known
existed. I struggled for a last breath, but it was too late. The end was here.

Guest Post:

Hello
everyone! Thank you for stopping by on today’s tour stop for my book Creatura
(Book 1). Today, I thought I’d share one of my secondary characters’
backstories. For this I’ve chosen Galilea, one of my favorite characters in The
Creatura Series. She’s first seen in book two of the series, Fruit of
Misfortune. But she quickly became a favorite of mine. Her zaniness
and offbeat character—and unfiltered thoughts—makes her one of the more amusing
and fun characters for me to write. But Galilea wasn’t always as wild as she is
in Fruit of Misfortune. She was, like we all start off being, young and finding
her true self in her early years. When Galilea is introduced in the story,
she’s already lived several millennia and knows she’s destined to be a big part
of something, though she has no idea what exactly that something is. So how did
she end up crossing paths with the main character, Isis Martin, in the series?
Here’s a little insight to Galilea’s past. I hope you enjoy it.

—Nely

***

Dearest Mother,

It’s been eight months since I left home without a proper
goodbye. It was wrong of me to leave so suddenly, but this is the way of the
Runes; although, sometimes, I’m not certain it was the smartest thing to do. I
was sought out—offered the opportunity to be special. I jumped at the thought
of being something other than just another deity, scratching my head and
wondering when someone would take notice of my abilities. But I was afraid to
tell anyone about my visions. You didn’t know I wasn’t like everyone else,
Mother. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.

Enoch and Uno—my mentors—are nice enough. They’ve given me
my own room in their ancient, tiny home. The walls are made of stone and wooden
beams that smell of the cedar and oak trees they’re cut from. My belly is always
full and my bed is always warm. I can’t really complain, except for the fact
that they’re strict… and boring.

Enoch, the younger of the two wise men, has no sense of
humor. “Stop with your tomfoolery, girl,” he tells me. “You must focus on your
lessons.” Perhaps I would learn faster if they talked less about our precursors
and showed me how to control the Stones, instead of letting the Stones control
me.

My training revolves around the birth of a girl who I’ll
have to protect. Initially, I assumed I’d be a vigilante, but it seems I’ve
signed on to be a babysitter. To say that I’m disappointed is an
understatement. Who wants to wipe baby butts, when you can change the course of
history with the type of visions I have? Not me. However, Uno—the elder one—has
assured me that being a nanny isn’t my purpose. I have no choice but to trust
him.

Mother, I miss you… all of you. I wish I could come home.
But under the oath I’ve taken, I can no longer be a part of society until my
training is finalized. And until the girl’s safety is assured, I won’t be able
to see you or father or my sisters. Uno says this may take hundreds of years…
or thousands. Rest assured, I’ll come home, and when I do, I’ll tell you about
all the nights I’ve cried myself to sleep, knowing your worry for me is eternal,
like my guilt.

You’ll never receive this letter, Mother. But know that in
my heart I’ll always be waiting for the day that I come home to you.

Your Little Black Sheep,

Galilea

About the Author:

Nely Cab is a Writer of stuff, a Master Coffee Drinker, a Food Maker & Eater, an Imaginary World Conqueror, and an Air Breather. She talks to herself—a lot—in her South Texas home while she plots stories about fantasy worlds and sips coffee from a pitcher. She’s known for cooking far too much food and has a tendency to overdo…well, everything. It is rumored that she is fabulous. Nely Cab is the best-selling author of the Creatura series.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I would also like to say Thank You to Nely for the guest post and say Thank You to Juniper Groove for letting me participate in this blog tour. Don't forget to enter the giveaway below. ~Sabrina